07-03-2021, 01:15 AM
23 minute flight
Was it just to Maui, refill and return to Honolulu?
I still don’t know the flight plan, but if it was HNL>OGG>ITO>HNL it would be a longer trip. The cargo flights fly all night, not sure how many flights total, but would they tank up once, or repeatedly throughout the night? Cargo planes are generally more heavily weighted than passenger flights, depending on what they carry. A 737 can fly several thousand miles, so traveling inter-island the tanks most likely weren’t pinned F on the fuel gauge, but probably with the maximum amount of fuel used for island hopping. Whatever the fullness or % of full - - it’s a pretty skillful landing don’t you think?
(Disclaimer: I shipped cargo for many years with Aloha Cargo & Hawaiian so have seen their procedure and talked with the agents about the process. Obie certainly knows more about the actual maintenance of the planes and their operation, like refueling, etc. so I hope he weighs in)
Was it just to Maui, refill and return to Honolulu?
I still don’t know the flight plan, but if it was HNL>OGG>ITO>HNL it would be a longer trip. The cargo flights fly all night, not sure how many flights total, but would they tank up once, or repeatedly throughout the night? Cargo planes are generally more heavily weighted than passenger flights, depending on what they carry. A 737 can fly several thousand miles, so traveling inter-island the tanks most likely weren’t pinned F on the fuel gauge, but probably with the maximum amount of fuel used for island hopping. Whatever the fullness or % of full - - it’s a pretty skillful landing don’t you think?
(Disclaimer: I shipped cargo for many years with Aloha Cargo & Hawaiian so have seen their procedure and talked with the agents about the process. Obie certainly knows more about the actual maintenance of the planes and their operation, like refueling, etc. so I hope he weighs in)